Multiselect field options

Scheduler Javascript
#1

I am new to scheduler and need some additional info how to define/load options for multiselect section. In documentation definition of options is defined like:
options: scheduler.serverList(“fruit_id”),
script_url: ‘php/events_multiselect_options.php’,

  1. What is the format of options found in scheduler.serverList(“fruit_id”)?
  2. Can I use any url in script_url? What should it return?
  3. How the two parameters work together?

Please quide me towards the light, Martti

#2

It uses the same format as normal selects

[ {key:1, label:"Section A"}, {key:2, label:"Section B"}, {key:3, label:"Section C"}, {key:4, label:"Section D"} ]

Can I use any url in script_url?
Technically any, it return xml with list of selected options for the item in question.

options - defines list of possible options
script_url - used to get list of cheched for the event in question

#3

check
samples\03_extensions\21_multiselect_options.html
samples\03_extensions\22_multiselect_initial_loading.html

#4

So I can define the options like this:
var myoptions[
{key:1, label:“Section A”},
{key:2, label:“Section B”},
{key:3, label:“Section C”},
{key:4, label:“Section D”}
]
…, options: myoptions …;
And I must use some valid url for script url (empty url gives an error as I noticed when testing) to load selections for current event. For new event this can be null or empty? What is the format for this list of cheched selections?
Martti

#5

Yes, this seems to be working ok with new events:
{ name:“control”, height:100, options: controls, type:“multiselect”, map_to:“control”, script_url:"" }

The question remains in what format information for existing events is returned by url call .
Martti

#6

Hello,

Following xml is returned by 22_multiselect_initial_loading.html sample:

<?xml version='1.0' encoding='utf-8' ?><data><event id='108' ><start_date><![CDATA[2009-11-05 10:15:00]]></start_date><end_date><![CDATA[2009-11-05 13:35:00]]></end_date><text><![CDATA[]]></text><details><![CDATA[Tokyo]]></details><user_id><![CDATA[3,2]]></user_id><fruit_id><![CDATA[2,3]]></fruit_id></event><event id='107' ><start_date><![CDATA[2009-11-03 14:05:00]]></start_date><end_date><![CDATA[2009-11-03 16:15:00]]></end_date><text><![CDATA[]]></text><details><![CDATA[Belgium]]></details><user_id><![CDATA[3,1]]></user_id><fruit_id><![CDATA[5,4,1]]></fruit_id></event><event id='109' ><start_date><![CDATA[2009-11-04 08:25:00]]></start_date><end_date><![CDATA[2009-11-04 12:10:00]]></end_date><text><![CDATA[New event]]></text><details><![CDATA[]]></details><user_id><![CDATA[2]]></user_id><fruit_id><![CDATA[2,3]]></fruit_id></event><coll_options for='user_id'><item value='1' label='George'></item><item value='2' label='Nataly'></item><item value='3' label='Diana'></item><item value='5' label='Adam'></item></coll_options><coll_options for='fruit_id'><item value='1' label='Orange'></item><item value='2' label='Banana'></item><item value='3' label='Peach'></item><item value='4' label='Kiwi'></item><item value='5' label='Plum'></item><item value='6' label='Grapefruit'></item><item value='7' label='Lime'></item><item value='8' label='Lemon'></item><item value='9' label='Mandarin'></item><item value='10' label='Pineapple'></item></coll_options></data>

So it’s a list of ids joined by ‘,’ character.

Best regards,
Ilya